page_title: Zarsanga
section_title: Personal life
hierarchical_section_title: Zarsanga / Personal life
caption_attribution_description: Fazal Malik Akif &amp; Zarsanga with their band in March 1991 at Hackney Empire in London
context_page_description: Zarsanga is a Pashto singer from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. She began her singing career singing for Radio Peshawar and some television programmes, and later went on to perform in Europe, the United States and the UAE. Her extensive career as a singer and performer has earned her the sobriquet "The Queen Of Pashtun Folklore" and the Pride of Performance Award.
context_section_description: Zarsanga was born in 1946 in a small village of Bannu  Lakki Marwat, North-West Frontier Province British India (now Pakistan). She was born into the nomadic tribe Kutanree (Kutan), who travel mostly between Pashto area from Punjab and Sindh covering the areas of Bannu Road from Dera Ismail Khan, Kohat and Peshawar. Some of them travel as far as Afghanistan and stay there in summer and return to the southern districts of Khyber Pashtunkhwa during the winter. Singing is a major profession for the people of the tribe and Zarsanga took it up at young age as well.
  In 1965, Zarsganga married Malla Jan, a resident of Sarai Naurang, Lakki Marwat who was also a nomad. Many people believe she is married to popular folk singer Khan Tehsil, but she denies the rumors and to this day says Khan Tehsil is her husbands' cousin:
  Actually I sang with him on many occasions and most of our joint songs got immense popularity. He is not my husband he is just like my own brother.
  Zarsanga and Malla Jan have nine children including three daughters and six sons. Shahzada, Zarsanga's second-oldest son, is also a musician. 
  Zarsanga continues to live her  sons and two grandchildren in Nowshera district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. In July 2017, her house was burgled by a group of unidentified assailants, who robbed the household of most valuables.
caption: Zarsanga with their band in March 1991 at Hackney Empire in London
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